Two Pittsburgh police officers are being sued in federal court over allegations that they misidentified and arrested an Allegheny County man on assault charges without probable cause and violated his constitutional rights.
In a lawsuit filed against Officers Brian Shelton and Joseph Giles, 22-year-old Chiyeh Green alleged that he was wrongfully held in jail for six days despite an ankle monitor from past charges showing he was at home during the time of the assault police accused him of committing, according to an April 9 report by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
Here’s what we know.
What led up to Pittsburgh officers arresting Green?
On July 20, 2025, an assault on Sydney Street on Pittsburgh’s South Side was livestreamed on Facebook, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported. The video showed a victim, who is not named, being assaulted by a man and a woman, according to the lawsuit…